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75 Articles found on Thursday, 28 August 2008
Time Flies While Watching Strangers Shower
28-08-2008
WELL, well, well, time sure does fly. It almost feels like yesterday that we were watching as, one by one, the Untouchables were evicted from the BBA2 house.I can still remember the frustration I felt
readSMS of the Day : Thursday
28-08-2008
* MR President (Hifikepunye Pohamba), congratulations on your speech at Rundu on August 26. Reconciliation needs to be embraced if Namibia is to remain one nation. However, the other speeches from
readRio Tinto's growth in trouble, says BHP Billiton
28-08-2008
LONDON - BHP Billiton, which is bidding US$142 billion (NS1,1 trillion) for Rio Tinto in the world's largest mining takeover, said this week that its target might have to lower growth forecasts
readAfriforum welcomes withdrawal of land bill
28-08-2008
AFRIFORUM, a mainly white farmers' forum in South Africa, has welcomed yesterday's official announcement that the Expropriation Bill has been withdrawn.Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Works
readMoz withdraws work permit of South African manager
28-08-2008
MAPUTO - The Mozambican Labour Ministry has withdrawn the work permit of a South African manager at the luxury Pemba Beach Hotel, one of the most prestigious hotels in the country, in the northern
readOnline ticket agents overcharge, says Ryanair
28-08-2008
BRUSSELS - Europe's biggest budget airline, Ryanair, said this week that it had provided evidence to a European Commission inquiry that ticket-touting websites were consistently overcharging
readSwitzerland cuts aid to Mozambique
28-08-2008
MAPUTO - Like Sweden, Switzerland has now confirmed to the Mozambican press that it is reducing its support to the Mozambican state budget because of concerns over corruption.When, on May 22, the 19
readUAG buys Mutual buildings
28-08-2008
THE United Africa Group (UAG) has acquired four properties worth N$100 million from Old Mutual in Windhoek and Oshakati.The new acquisitions are in line with UAG's vision of expanding the property
readIEA says oil capacity will drop
28-08-2008
STAVANGER, Norway - The world's spare oil output capacity will tighten from 2013 due to an expected growth in demand after expanding towards 2010, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
readNew bill plugs loopholes in the financial sector Consumers are set to benefit
28-08-2008
A NEW draft law is under way for the financial sector that will provide wide-ranging consumer protection regarding hire purchases and loans.Consultations with the credit industry on the 400-page
readTransNamib in dire straits
28-08-2008
TRANSNAMIB is facing a serious financial crisis after banks withdrew its overdraft facilities citing the instability of its management.The Namibian has it on good authority that commercial banks
readInsurers 'bleeding the common man'
28-08-2008
A COURT case set to start in the District Labour Court on Monday - between about 1 000 former TCL workers and those they hold responsible for the 'absence' of millions of dollars of pension money -
readBy-election date announced
28-08-2008
RESIDENTS of the Tobias Hainyeko constituency in Katutura will go to the polling stations on October 31.The regional councillor's position became vacant after Swapo "excommunicated" party veteran
readEnviro magazine on way
28-08-2008
A NEW environmental magazine is to be launched in Namibia next month.The magazine, called Green Bay, will be published by First World Business Consultants. Brian Gamanya, chief consultant at First
readRape, murder, robbery mark long weekend
28-08-2008
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region have laid a charge of rape against a 24-year-old woman from Okakwa village, after a nine-year-old boy reported that she had raped him.Police investigations into the
readNew conservancy launched in Caprivi
28-08-2008
SOME members are misusing conservancy funds, Environment Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said when she launched the Sobbe Conservancy in the Caprivi Region last week."At times, my Ministry receives
readSwakop is IT, says television producer
28-08-2008
SWAKOPMUND is the ideal location for the television miniseries 'The Prisoner' and most of its scenes will be filmed there, says the show's producer."It's the perfect place. We've been around the world
readWarden in court over fuel
28-08-2008
POLICE at Keetmanshoop on Friday arrested a senior park warden based at the Ai-Ais Hotspring Game Park after he was found with suspected stolen goods at a Police roadblock.Eben Naude (52) made a brief
readMurdered woman found at Rehoboth
28-08-2008
POLICE at Rehoboth are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was discovered next to a club at the town over the weekend.The body was discovered at around 07h00 on Saturday morning, about 80
readDamara chiefs to discuss differences
28-08-2008
THE Damara King's Council is expected to use the upcoming weekend's Nami Daman festival to discuss a response to allegations that the recent unity talks were nothing but a hoax.!Oe#Gan Chief Immanuel
readGovt newspaper tender re-advertised
28-08-2008
EIGHT months after the original tender to advertise Government tenders in local newspapers had closed, it was re-advertised again as none of the bidders, including a State-owned daily, had apparently
readSA heavyweights on bench for Teek appeal
28-08-2008
THREE of South Africa's most senior Judges, two long-serving Magistrates, a veteran advocate and a fast-rising young lawyer are part of the latest batch of appointments of Acting Judges of Namibia's
readAaniilonga ya TransNamib taya yi menka lya Haimbili
28-08-2008
A ANIILONGA ya TransNamib oya gandja elombwelo kehangano lyawo lyaaniilonga opo li longekidhe ekenka konima sho Olaata ompe ya TransNamib ya tindi okushuna miilonga Omukuluntuwiliki Titus Haimbili
readOmuniilonga gwa Air Namibia a kwatwa nuusila wOkokeina
28-08-2008
O NKUNDANA onene twa mono po otayi popi kutya omuniilonga gumwe mOkampani yoondhila ya Namibia nenge tutye Air Namibia oku li mondholongo mo Cape Town sha South Afrika konima sho a li a kwatwa muusila
readMikini a pewa 70½ konima yekumba
28-08-2008
N GELE okwa kala konima yekumba uule wethimbo alihe lya gwana po ndyoka a pewa mOmpangu yoPombanda mOmaandaha mOvenduka, Angeles Mikini oku na oku kala nomwenyo uule woomvula 110 opo a vule
readAantu yane ya kwatwa sho ya adhika nOuraniuma
28-08-2008
A ALUMENTU yane oya kwatwa po pu Gobabis oshiwike sha zi ko sho ya adhika nomandini gaali taku fekelwa kutya omu na Ouraniuma, Opolisi osho ya lombwele The Namibian mOmaandaha.Charles Kamahulu, Hosean
readJohn Pandeni a lukilwa oshikandjohogololo
28-08-2008
O NGUNDU yoSwapo oya gandja elombwelo kOlaata yoshitopolwa sha Khomas kutya oshikandjohogololo sha Soweto mu Katutura mOvenduka nashi lukululwe shi nge oshikandjohogololo sha John Pandeni.Amushanga
readCAF defers Zam/Nam encounter
28-08-2008
THE Under-17 African Junior championship first-round, first-leg qualifier against Namibia that was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed.The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is still
readEngland thrash Proteas
28-08-2008
LONDON - Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second one-day international at Nottingham on Tuesday.The visitors went 2-0 down in
readSouth Africa narrowly beat Namibia
28-08-2008
ANTICIPATION levels were high as spectators strategically placed themselves in good viewing spots prior to the warm-up of Namibia and South Africa's IIHF re-qualification game for the World
readFootball Transfers
28-08-2008
Italian Serie A Leading transfers in Serie A before the 2008/2009 season starting on August 30 (reported initial fees in millions of euros): Amauri (striker) Palermo to Juventus 22.8 Ronaldinho
readIvanovic stays alive in ugly win
28-08-2008
NEW YORK - Ana Ivanovic needed every scrap of her youthful ebullience on Tuesday to narrowly avoid the humiliation of becoming the first top-seeded woman to lose in the opening round of the US Open.It
readAgnes did not prepare well for Olymic Games
28-08-2008
BEIJING - Namibian middle-distance runner Agnes Samaria says she did not prepare well for the Olympic Games that ended in China on Sunday.A very disappointed Samaria said she should have prepared
readHitman takes on five opponents
28-08-2008
NAMIBIAN lightweight boxing champion, Paulus 'Hitman' Moses will come up against five local opponents before he takes a punch at the world title in October, his trainer, Nestor Tobias, announced
readCycle Classic set for Oct 12
28-08-2008
THE ninth Namibian Model Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic, the country's premier cycling event, was formally launched in Windhoek recently.This annual highlight of the local cycling calendar, which takes
readPresident Bashir on rare visit to south Sudan
28-08-2008
JUBA - President Omar al-Bashir made a rare visit to autonomous southern Sudan yesterday, signing a development contract half way through implementation of a landmark peace accord between north and
readAfrica's 'golden chance'
28-08-2008
ACCRA - Africa has a "golden opportunity" in UN climate talks to ensure that the world's poorest continent gets help to cope with global warming, the head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat said on
readGhana's elephants show UN deforestation poser
28-08-2008
AFIASO - Rising elephant numbers in a protected forest park in Ghana are angering farmers whose crops are being raided in an unwanted side-effect of a plan to slow deforestation.Locals in Afiaso, a
readMonkeys reward friends, relatives
28-08-2008
WASHINGTON - For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive.At least, that's what researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory
readDeer and cattle have true animal magnetism - study
28-08-2008
CHICAGO - Grazing cattle and sleeping deer tend to align their bodies along the North-South axis of the Earth's magnetic field, European researchers said on Monday, giving new meaning to the phrase
readSudan's Darfur airplane hijackers surrender in Libya
28-08-2008
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner from Sudan's Darfur region and diverted it to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered yesterday after a 22-hour standoff, an
readThai police tighten noose around protesters
28-08-2008
BANGKOK - A Thai court issued arrest warrants yesterday for nine leaders of an anti-government movement laying siege to the prime minister's office in an attempt to force him and his cabinet from
readWoman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport
28-08-2008
STOCKHOLM - An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt,
readClinton tells Democrats to unite behind Obama
28-08-2008
DENVER - Hillary Clinton ordered her grieving supporters to unite behind Democratic nominee Barack Obama, in an emotional final act to her White House quest which fell just short of history."Whether
readMadrid plane crash probe shows tail hit ground first
28-08-2008
MADRID - The Spanish jetliner that crashed during take-off last week, killing 154 people, hit the ground tail first and bounced for almost a mile (1,6 kilometres), the head of the commission probing
readPakistani politicians jockey as violence hits
28-08-2008
ISLAMABAD - About 40 militants were killed in clashes with security forces in northwest Pakistan yesterday as increasing violence, and political uncertainty deepened by a split in the government,
readCAF defers Zam/Nam encounter
28-08-2008
THE Under-17 African Junior championship first-round, first-leg qualifier against Namibia that was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed. The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is still
readEngland thrash Proteas
28-08-2008
LONDON - Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second one-day international at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors went 2-0 down in
readSouth Africa narrowly beat Namibia
28-08-2008
ANTICIPATION levels were high as spectators strategically placed themselves in good viewing spots prior to the warm-up of Namibia and South Africa's IIHF re-qualification game for the World
readIvanovic stays alive in ugly win
28-08-2008
NEW YORK - Ana Ivanovic needed every scrap of her youthful ebullience on Tuesday to narrowly avoid the humiliation of becoming the first top-seeded woman to lose in the opening round of the US Open.
readAgnes did not prepare well for Olymic Games
28-08-2008
BEIJING - Namibian middle-distance runner Agnes Samaria says she did not prepare well for the Olympic Games that ended in China on Sunday. A very disappointed Samaria said she should have prepared
readRio Tinto's growth in trouble, says BHP Billiton
28-08-2008
LONDON - BHP Billiton, which is bidding US$142 billion (NS1,1 trillion) for Rio Tinto in the world's largest mining takeover, said this week that its target might have to lower growth forecasts
readAll in a day's work...
28-08-2008
Katutura resident Sokko Manyando (35) makes a living selling recycled bricks and paving stones that he picks up at the Olympia dumpsite. Manyando is seen here plying his trade.
readEnviro magazine on way
28-08-2008
A NEW environmental magazine is to be launched in Namibia next month. The magazine, called Green Bay, will be published by First World Business Consultants. Brian Gamanya, chief consultant at
readFootball Transfers
28-08-2008
Italian Serie A Leading transfers in Serie A before the 2008/2009 season starting on August 30 (reported initial fees in millions of euros): Amauri (striker) Palermo to Juventus 22.8 Ronaldinho
readHitman takes on five opponents
28-08-2008
NAMIBIAN lightweight boxing champion, Paulus 'Hitman' Moses will come up against five local opponents before he takes a punch at the world title in October, his trainer, Nestor Tobias, announced
readCycle Classic set for Oct 12
28-08-2008
THE ninth Namibian Model Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic, the country's premier cycling event, was formally launched in Windhoek recently. This annual highlight of the local cycling calendar, which takes
readTime Flies While Watching Strangers Shower
28-08-2008
WELL, well, well, time sure does fly. It almost feels like yesterday that we were watching as, one by one, the Untouchables were evicted from the BBA2 house. I can still remember the
readDeer and cattle have true animal magnetism - study
28-08-2008
CHICAGO - Grazing cattle and sleeping deer tend to align their bodies along the North-South axis of the Earth's magnetic field, European researchers said on Monday, giving new meaning to the phrase
readSudan's Darfur airplane hijackers surrender in Libya
28-08-2008
TRIPOLI, Libya - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner from Sudan's Darfur region and diverted it to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered yesterday after a 22-hour standoff, an
readThai police tighten noose around protesters
28-08-2008
BANGKOK - A Thai court issued arrest warrants yesterday for nine leaders of an anti-government movement laying siege to the prime minister's office in an attempt to force him and his cabinet from
readWoman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport
28-08-2008
STOCKHOLM - An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt,
readPakistani politicians jockey as violence hits
28-08-2008
ISLAMABAD - About 40 militants were killed in clashes with security forces in northwest Pakistan yesterday as increasing violence, and political uncertainty deepened by a split in the government,
readUAG buys Mutual buildings
28-08-2008
THE United Africa Group (UAG) has acquired four properties worth N$100 million from Old Mutual in Windhoek and Oshakati. The new acquisitions are in line with UAG's vision of expanding the property
readIEA says oil capacity will drop
28-08-2008
STAVANGER, Norway - The world's spare oil output capacity will tighten from 2013 due to an expected growth in demand after expanding towards 2010, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
readNew bill plugs loopholes in the financial sector Consumers are set to benefit
28-08-2008
A NEW draft law is under way for the financial sector that will provide wide-ranging consumer protection regarding hire purchases and loans. Consultations with the credit industry on the 400-page
readRape, murder, robbery mark long weekend
28-08-2008
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region have laid a charge of rape against a 24-year-old woman from Okakwa village, after a nine-year-old boy reported that she had raped him. Police investigations into the
readNew conservancy launched in Caprivi
28-08-2008
SOME members are misusing conservancy funds, Environment Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said when she launched the Sobbe Conservancy in the Caprivi Region last week. "At times, my
readSwakop is IT, says television producer
28-08-2008
SWAKOPMUND is the ideal location for the television miniseries 'The Prisoner' and most of its scenes will be filmed there, says the show's producer. "It's the perfect place. We've been
readDamara chiefs to discuss differences
28-08-2008
THE Damara King's Council is expected to use the upcoming weekend's Nami Daman festival to discuss a response to allegations that the recent unity talks were nothing but a hoax. !Oe#Gan Chief Immanuel
readGovt newspaper tender re-advertised
28-08-2008
EIGHT months after the original tender to advertise Government tenders in local newspapers had closed, it was re-advertised again as none of the bidders, including a State-owned daily, had apparently
readInsurers 'bleeding the common man'
28-08-2008
A COURT case set to start in the District Labour Court on Monday - between about 1 000 former TCL workers and those they hold responsible for the 'absence' of millions of dollars of pension money -
readSA heavyweights on bench for Teek appeal
28-08-2008
THREE of South Africa's most senior Judges, two long-serving Magistrates, a veteran advocate and a fast-rising young lawyer are part of the latest batch of appointments of Acting Judges of Namibia's
readBy-election date announced
28-08-2008
RESIDENTS of the Tobias Hainyeko constituency in Katutura will go to the polling stations on October 31.The regional councillor's position became vacant after Swapo "excommunicated" party veteran
readTransNamib in dire straits
28-08-2008
TRANSNAMIB is facing a serious financial crisis after banks withdrew its overdraft facilities citing the instability of its management. The Namibian has it on good authority that commercial banks
read